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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO-. WASHINGTON. D. 'C- V V/ JAMES A. CARPENTER, 0FONAWAY, MICHIGAN.

SWINGING GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Application filed June 2, 1910, Serial No. 564,644. Renewed May 22,1911. Serial No. 628,893.

To all whom it may COTLOQTH.

Be it known that I, J AMES A. CARPENTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Onaway, in the county of Presque Isle and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swinging Gates; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in adjustable swinging gates.

The object of the invention is to provide a gate having means wherebythe same may be adjustably supported, thus permitting any sagging in thegate to be taken up and providing means whereby the gate may be held inan elevated position to permit the passage of small stock and to enablethe gate to be readily opened or closed over deep snow.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a gateconstructed in accordance with the invention showing the same in itsnormal or lowered position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the gate inan elevated position. Fig. 3 is a side view of the opposite side of thegate showing the prop for holding the same open, the prop being shown infull lines in an inoperative position and in dotted lines in anoperative position. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross sectional view on theline 44 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an end view of the outer end of the gate.Fig. 6 is an inner side view of the latch post. Fig. 7 is a detailhorizontal sectional view through the latch post and the adjacent end ofthe gate showing in full lines one of the stop arms swung down to anoperative position to prevent the swinging of the gate in this directionand in dotted lines showing the other stop arm swung down whereby thegate will be positively fastened against opening in either direction.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 denotes the hinge post and2 denotes the latch post of the gate. On the upper end of the hinge post1 is secured a laterally projecting bearing arm 3, in the outer end ofwhich is pivotally mounted the reduced cy- The gate 7 may be of anysuitable construction and is here shown in the form of a frame or woodengate and consists of a series of longitudinal bars or slats 8 which areconnected together by a series of cross bars 9 and an inclined brace bar10. The combined hinge and pivot bar 4 is pivotally connected at 4 toone of the slats 8 on the gate near the inner end thereof, said pivotbar being disposed between two inner cross bars 9 of the gate. The gateis further held in pivotal engagement with the bar 4 by short guide bars11 which are arranged parallel with the upper and lower slats of-thegate and are connected at their outer ends to the cross bars 9 as shown,said guide bars 11 thus forming, with the upper and lower slats, guidespaces which will permit the gate to be rocked or swung upwardly on itspivotal connection with the bar 4 thereby providing for the raising ofthe outer or free end of the gate to the desired height.

In order to adjustably support the outer or free end of the gate at thedesired elevation, I provide a supporting wire or cable 12, one end ofwhich is connected to an eye formed in the upper end of the pivot bar 4,said wire or cable passing through the pivot hole in the arm 3. To thefree end of the cable or wire 12 is secured a hook 13 which is adaptedto be engaged with one of a series of holes 14, formed in an adjustingplate 15 secured to the upper end of the inclined brace bar 10 as shown.By raising the outer end of the gate to the desired elevation andconnecting the hook 13 with the proper hole 14 in the adjusting plate,the gate will be supported in the position to which the same has beenraised and may be swung in either direction, thus permitting the openingand closing of the gate over deep snow and also permitting small stockto pass under the gate while cattle and large stock will be preventedfrom passing.

In order to hold the gate closed in either latch bar 16 which ispivotally connected in a guide loop 17 of one of the cross bars 9 of thegate. The outer end of the latch bar is engaged with a guide loop 18secured its lowered or raised positions, I provide a to the outer crossbar of the gate and said outer end of the latch bar is adjustablysupported in operative position by a pin 19 which is adapted to beengaged with a series of alined adjusting holes 20 formed in the loopbar 18 and the cross bar 9 to which the loop bar is secured. On theinner. side of the latch post 2 are formed lower and upper keepers 21and 22 with which the outer end of the latch bar is engaged when thegate is in its lower or raised position thus providing for the fasteningof the gate in its adjusted positions.

The gate may be swung in either direction and the latch will ride intoengagement with the keeper from either side. If, however, it should bedesired to permit the gate to open only in one direction I provide stoparms 23 which are pivotally mounted on the opposite sides of the latchpost and are adapted to be swung downwardly to a horizontal position inwhich they are held by the supporting blocks- 24 also secured to theouter sides of the latch post. hen either of the stop arms are swungdown the gate will be prevented from swinging in that direction and musttherefore he opened in the opposite direction. lVhen both of the stoparms are swung downwardly to operative positions the gate will bepositively locked or fastened. to prevent opening movement in eitherdirection.

By hingedly supporting the inner end of the gate as hereinbeforedescribed, the same will swing back to a closed position after beingopened and in order to hold the gate in an open position when desired, Iprovide a prop 25 which is in the form of a bar of suitable length andis pivotally connected at one end to the lower slat of the gate asshown. Vhen the prop is in inoperative position the same is swung aroundparallel to the lower slat of the gate and is supported at its free endupon a peg or pin 26 arranged in said slat. When in an opertages of thisinvention as defined in the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby U. S. Letters Patent is:

The combination of a hinge post having an overhanging arm at its upperend, said arm being provided with an eye at its free extremity, abearing block adjacent the lower end of said post, a hinge bar having astepped bearing in said block and having its upper end pivotallyengaging and projecting through the eye in the overhanging arm, a gatecomprising longitudinal slats and vertical cross bars connecting saidslats, one of the slats being pivoted to the said hinge bar, guide barssecured to the cross bars parallel with the slats and passing onopposite sides of the hinge bar, and a cable having one end secured tothe upper end of the hinge bar and its opposite end adjustably securedto the gate, the intermediate portion of the cable passing through theeye on the overhanging arm on the hinge post.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAMES A. CARPENTER. \Vitnesses ARTHUR E. STARKS, GUoM PRUYITZEN.

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